ReEstablish Richmond is recruiting a Communications + Social Media Intern for Fall 2025 - Spring 2026

Start Date: August or September 2025 
End Date: May or June 2026 
Time Commitment: 5-8 hours a week

*Please note: This internship is unpaid. Our ideal candidate would work 3 credit hours across the fall and spring semester, but we can be flexible. 

The Communications + Social Media Intern will be responsible for building the capacity of our outreach programming and supporting the agency’s communication and social media. Working through a values-based lens, you will be responsible for helping to effectively craft and implement most aspects of our communication to the broader community. This position reports directly to the Outreach and Volunteer Engagement Manager. 

To be considered for this internship, please fulfill the following steps:

1. Interested applicants should read the full job description, linked here.

2. Complete the internship application, linked below.

3. Send your resume and a statement of interest or writing sample to BOTH Kate Ayers (kate@reestablishrichmond.org) and Will Cumbia (will@reestablishrichmond.org).

Once we receive your materials, we’ll send a confirmation and follow up with next steps, which may include an interview.

 

Job Description: 

The Communications + Social Media Intern will be responsible for building the capacity of our outreach programming and supporting the agency’s communication and social media. Working through a values-based lens, you will be responsible for helping to effectively craft and implement most aspects of our communication to the broader community. This position reports directly to the Outreach and Volunteer Engagement Manager.

Benefits of working with ReEstablish Richmond:

- Gain hands-on experience in navigating communications in a small non-profit in the shifting landscape of immigrant and refugee work

- Work with a culturally diverse, dynamic team

- Learn first-hand experiences of newcomers in Richmond

- Flexible working hours, in a hybrid setting

Responsibilities:

• Help lead social media planning, creating copy and digital content for use across all platforms. Maintain and schedule posts across platforms

• Document (visually and in writing) program updates and success stories of clients matched with volunteers, adhering to ethical guidelines as well as agency boundaries around client confidentiality and branding and communications guidelines

• Support content and design creation of other external communication products, including website updates, blog posts, newsletters, presentations, etc. as needed

• And other tasks as needed

Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) authorized to work in the U.S.

• Must be at least 18 years old, or at least a rising senior in high school

• Must be high school graduate, GED recipient, or working toward attaining a high school diploma / GED during their term of service

• Must complete a National Service Criminal History check ReEstablish Richmond

Expectations:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong project management and attention to detail- must be able to keep track of multiple projects at once

• Strong layout, composition, and design skills

• Proficiency working across different systems such as G-Suite, Office 365, Squarespace, Canva, Meta Suite, and LinkedIn and willingness to learn new platforms as needed

• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with program staff, volunteers, and clients

• Familiarity with photography, including knowledge of composition, lighting, and editing a plus

• Flexible, willing to learn new things, and open to receive feedback and grow from challenges

• Ability to work well both independently as well as on a team

• Comfort working with people from diverse cultures

• Share our commitment to our mission and to our values of welcome, equity + justice, empowerment + self-determination, community, respect for human dignity + worth, authenticity, collaboration, integrity, and flexibility (https://www.reestablishrichmond.org/our-values)